Taking a spin around the sports world hoping Tiger Woods isn’t even considering playing in the Ryder Cup and just shuts it down, returns to health in 2015, and has the ability to contend in a major once again.

News: Rory McIlroy wins the PGA Championship.

Views: A great day of golf Sunday ruined by the PGA’s rush to get the tournament done.

There is no way McIlroy and his playing partner Bernd Wiesberger should have been allowed to play up twice on the final hole as the daylight drama unfolded with the setting sun.

This is a major. It’s about playing shots under pressure and making decisions under pressure. That’s what a major is all about, pressure.

Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler, McIroy’s closest pursuers and each two shots back, had to wait on the final tee as the group ahead of them went about their business. But McIlroy, when he arrived, was allowed to stay in rhythm and play on. He didn’t have to wait but a couple of minutes, didn’t have to squint his eyes to try and see what Mickelson and Fowler were doing ahead of him, didn’t have to think about not gagging up a 2-shot lead.

Things happened so fast, he didn’t have time to think.

More importantly, he didn’t have to decide whether to call it a day on the 18th tee as the darkness deepened, possibly deciding it would be best to come back on Monday when he could see. Or, risk defeat, play on and hope for the best. That all-important decision was taken away for him by the PGA. That was just wrong.

Would things have turned out differently if McIlroy was made to wait? My guess is probably not. But the unfortunate bottom line is we’ll never know.

News: The Badgers hold their first public scrimmage and quarterbacks Joel Stave and Turner McEvoy are generally solid as they battle to a standstill.

Views: This is good news in that both played decently. It’s bad news that neither can separate themselves. Neither would be considered a great quarterback which means a young receiving group — which showed promise — along with the running backs and offensive linemen will have to do more than their share yet again.

Outside of Russell Wilson, pedestrian quarterback play has been a hallmark at Wisconsin. Against what many times was a soft nonconference schedule, the Badgers were able to get away with it.

But as nonconference games against LSU and Alabama loom and a consistently tougher nonconference schedule is on the horizon, that is going to have to change dramatically. A Wilson-type talent will need to be closer to the norm rather than an aberration. If not, it’s hard to believe success coming for the Badgers as it once did.

Views: Be it that much of the game was played in monsoon conditions, it proved to be largely a missed opportunity for players and coaches. The elements are part of the game, but it’s rare to see those kind of elements and then try to judge young players, many of whom were already on edge making their NFL debuts.

Still, Ha Ha Clinton-Dix looked the part at safety, JC Tretter didn’t show any signs of being a liability and tight end Richard Rodgers looks like a guy who could possibly make Packers fans forget about Jermichael Finely in short time.

Then again, this may prove to be good practice for those who played when the Packers head to Miami in October which, of course, is hurricane season.

News: The Brewers maintain their lead in the NL Central after going 4-2 during a homestand against the Giants and Dodgers.

Views: Well, if Mike Fiers can replicate his call-up in 2012 — when he went 8-6 with a 2.85 ERA through his first 17 starts — the Brewers very well might be able to survive the loss of Matt Garza, whose stay on the DL appears destined to be longer than 15 days.

Fiers was stellar in Saturday’s win over the Dodgers, allowing only three hits and one run in eight complete innings. It was his first win as a Brewer since May 21, 2013, when he pitched 12/3 innings of relief in a 5-2 win over the Dodgers.

Who knows where he goes from here, but if the Brewers are going to have to rely on their starting pitchers down the stretch — and it’s looking more that will be the case — Fiers will have to deliver.